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In-Boundary School Enrollment

In the District of Columbia (DC), students are required by law to attend school between the ages of 5 and 18, which corresponds to kindergarten through grade 12. As such, every student within the district has a right to attend at least one of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) beginning in kindergarten through grade 12. A right-to-attendschool can be identified as a student’s in-boundary school or feeder-pattern school. Families who wish to enroll their child in a right-to-attend school do not need to submit a My School DC lottery application.

What is my in-boundary school?

What if my in-boundary school is a dual-language school?

For families whose in-boundary school is a dual-language school, and in the case the family does not wish to participate in a dual-language program or the student is not proficient in the second language, DCPS provides a second right-to-attend school.